And So It Begins....

Malo Soifua!!!

Today on the Elder Hill Show:

 ** We absolutely CRUSHED church attendance this week with some EPIC miracles

 ** Transfer News.....(spoiler alert: I'm staying and Elder Earl is leaving)

 ** The final countdown begins for me. All of the "last time"s start hitting this week

So this week went pretty well all the way around. Finding was pretty good. Bap dates weren't, but we're gonna get better (#repentanceiscool). The big one was church. Church POPPED OFF!!! Our goal was two friends to church, and the STLs (who share our ward) also had a goal of two. We ended up getting FOUR friends to church, and the STLs got SIX (technically we got seven, but three were under the age of 8 and thus don't count). It was literally the coolest thing, and the members were freaking out about so many new faces haha. Good times to be sure.

Transfer News. Elder Earl is going to the Plainview YSA Ward out on Long Island, so that'll be fun for him. I'm receiving an Elder Jensen from Flushing Queens. He's been out about 8 months or so, so it'll be fun to have another young missionary with some fire to keep me going haha (I guess I'll be expected to teach him something or some other such nonsense as that 😁).

Guys I'm a hecka old missionary, and it's so wack. I hit 22 months out on Saturday, and two weeks from today I hit one month left 😳. This next transfer is my last, so I'll be dying in Westchester. I hope Elder Jensen brings a shovel for my funeral, haha.

Mafaufauga faaleagaga: So this guy asked me the other day about how I keep going when I get rejected so many times, and the best answer I had was, "I dunno, man. I just love it." And honestly, I really really do. I heard a departing missionary say, "Man, Jesus Christ is so epic. He's so great!" -- and I agree. Jesus Christ is so cool, guys. He's freaking so cool. He's done so much for me, and He keeps doing it. I thought I could find a limit where He'd throw in the towel and let me go, but He doesn't and He won't. I promise that Christ will never leave you. Even when you walk away from Him, He follows. Even when you mess up and let Him down, He reaches out to hold you close and take care of you. I love Him, and I know He loves me. After that, what else matters?

Alofa tele lava atu ia outou uma,

Elder Hill

Ata:

 - Week 6 district pic

 - The district at Olive Garden for Elder Earl's birthday last Monday

 - Cool jeep

 - Sick Lamborghini Urus

 - Our car hit 2222 miles on Sunday (it had about 500 when we got it)

 - The loading area where we do service (loading a van with food)